Improvement in binding-guides for sewing-machines



W. J. CHAPLIN Binding Guide for Sewing Machines.

Paiented Feb. 6, 1866.

No. 52,387. v

ilniTEn STATES PATENT @FFICE.

WVILLIAM J. OHAPLIN, OF DOWAGIAO, MICHIGAN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,387, dated February6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. J. GHAPLIN, of Dowagiac, in the county of Cassand State of Michigan, haveiuvented an Improved Sewing- Machine Binder;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and letters of reference marked thereon, makingapart of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective representation of myimproved sewing-machine binder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation ofone of the guides used with the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of themetallic plate cut in the proper shape to be formed into the binder.Fig. 4: is a perspective View of the plate shown at Fig. 3 partiallyformed into shape for a binder.

The object of my invention is to provide a more convenient device to beattached to the common sewing-machine, and used in guiding any commonbinding in the proper place and shape on the edge of the garment orarticle to be bound while the same is being, sewed fast by the machine.Also to construct the largest portion of the binder of one metallicplate to insure cheapness and convenience.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe the method of constructing and operating the same.

First, I cut from any flexible metallic plate the part A, Fig. 3, bymeans of the common die used for such purposes. The nibs E and standards0 are then bent upward on an angle of about ninety degrees, as shown atFig. 4. The object of the standards 0 is to hold in place the adjustablebinding-holderB and form a guide for the binding to run against, andthat of the nibs E to form the throat of the binder. The slot Gr is cutfor adjusting the binder to the sewing-machine by means of the commonthumb-screw now used for such purpose. The hole m is for the support ofthe lower end of the screw H, the holes a for. the screw H, and the holeofor the support of the pin J.

The plateA, Fig. 3, is doubled or bent together at the points shown bythe red lines S for the purpose of forming the jaws shown at XX, Fig. 1.The plate A is again bent or doubled at the point shown by the red lineS,

so that the two wings of the same will assume the form shown by theletters P and Q, Fig. 1.

The adjustable binding-holder is an important part of my device, and isnecessary, first, to hold the binding and cloth in the proper positionand at such a distance from the jaws of the binder as to allow theneedle of the machine suficient room to operate; secondly, in order thatdifferent thicknesses of cloth,1nay be used, for it will be seen thatthe bindingholder may be easily adjusted to cloth of any thicknessbymeans of the burr Vand screw H thirdly, in order that binding ofdifferent width may be used.

To accommodate the binding-holder to binding of any width it isnecessary to adjust the holder lengthwise by means of the slots 0' I, sothat the end of the bindin g-holder may be made to project over thecloth the same distance as the binding.

V shows the nut used upon the screw H when opening and shutting the jawsX X of the binder to accommodate them to cloth of different thickness. Fshows the sliding guides which regulate the position of the binding andthe distance it shall project upon either side of the article to bebound. These sliding guides do not form a part of the single plate A,but are made of separate pieces, and are adjusted between the jaws X Xand the outside thickness of the plate A, and therefore, of course, donot form a component part of the binder as hereinafter claimed, and theyare held in position by means of the small nibs t, as shown at Fig. 2.

Operation: First, the binder must be attached to the sewing-machine, bymeans of a thumbscrew through the slot G, in a convenient position forthe needle to work; then the binding must be drawn through the throat E,Fig. 1, taking the precaution to adjust the edges of the same severallybetween the lips of each of the jaws X X; then move either one of thesliding gages F to suit the distance that the binding is to project onthe cloth. The article to be bound must then be inserted between thejaws X X until it presses gently against the bindingnow adjusted in thethroat. The pressure of the jaws XX upon the cloth is regulated by meansof the screw H and nut V. The adjustable gage B, under which the bindingpasses, must press gently downward, so as to tallio plate and formed asset forth, in c0mbihold the garment and binding in the proper nationwith the adjustable binding-holder, the condition to pass through thejaws X X while whole being adjustable on the bed-plate of the thebinding is being sewed on. sewing-machine, substantially as described.Having thus described my invention, what "W. J. GHAPLIN.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Witnesses:

ent of the United States, is GEO. L. GHAPIN,

The binder, in one piece, cut from a single me- ALBERT HAYWARD.

